Mead Johnson Can't Add Claims In Enfamil Coverage Row

Law360, New York (February 6, 2012, 5:06 PM EST) -- Mead Johnson & Co. on Friday lost a bid to lodge counterclaims against National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA in one of two lawsuits the insurer filed to avoid liability for false advertising damages stemming from suits brought by a rival and class of consumers over the nutrition company's Enfamil baby formula.

Mead Johnson had asked that breach of contract counterclaims filed in a Massachusetts lawsuit, which was recently transferred to Indiana, be included in a separate Indiana case, but U.S. District Judge Richard...